Band Instrument Repair: Tools for Success

Saxophone mechanisms can be complex. This week we worked on regulation, venting and lost motion. The saxophone is very interesting. Once I g...

This week we worked on saxophone padding and regulation. Padding a saxophone is a mix between padding a flute and clarinet. We use glue to f...

After working on play conditions for clarinet and flute we got saxophones to work on! We received our practice horns. We used these for our ...

Since we are halfway through the semester we switched over to woodwinds. This week was a test of what we all remembered from last semester. ...

This was my last week on the brass side. I finished my project trombone early so I turned it in and had the opportunity to work on a custome...

This week consisted of more trombone slide work. I worked on practice slide tube dents on a single trombone outer slide tube. After two roun...

This week we continued to work on trombones and focused on trombone handslides. I learned that when working on outer handslide dents it is i...